Ralph Friedgen

TV: 7 p.m. Saturday; BTN. Line: Penn State by 3. Records: Penn State 2-0, Rutgers 2-0. Last meeting: Penn State won 59-34 on Sept. 23, 1995 in East Rutherford, N.J. On the offensive: Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg, likely a future top-5 pick in the NFL draft, has thrown for 773 yards. Rutgers counterpart Gary Nova has cut down on mistakes on Ralph Friedgen's watch. Getting defensive: Penn State is allowing just 4.3 yards per play, but the Nittany Lions have forced only one turnover. Rutgers survived the Mike Leach/Washington State tornado but remains susceptible through the air. The number: 1. This will be the first Rutgers' first Big Ten game. And the first Big Ten...

James Franklin did not like the fact the media — both social and traditional — spoiled the surprise.
When the Penn State coach informed his players they would be eligible for postseason play this season, it was "anticlimactic," he said....

By signing Randy Edsall to a three-year contract extension, Maryland gave its football coach the job security he needed to recruit and protected itself in case the Terps take a step backward in the Big Ten Conference’s rapidly-improving East Division.
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When Maryland was recruiting quarterback C.J. Brown, then-head coach Ralph Friedgen took James Franklin, his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, along for the trip to the 3-star prospect’s home.
Both Brown and Franklin recalled this week...

Penn State's 4-0 start this season might have led some to believe that new coach James Franklin was simply putting the finishing touch on a masterful rebuilding job former coach Bill O'Brien started before he left for the Houston Texans after only two...

Five decades worth of notes are stowed away in boxes and filing cabinets in UCF offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe's home office and garage in Orlando.
The scribbling fills notebooks from his first job coaching running backs and quarterbacks at...

Maryland football coach Randy Edsall always talks about the process, how building a program is more than just wins and losses. At times, Edsall's mantra has been overshadowed by long losing streaks for his team and bouts of frustration among the fan base....

College football has long been an afterthought in Maryland. At best, it's been a pleasant Saturday interlude between the buildup during the week and the battles that usually take place the next day for the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins.
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They might not have rivaled the revelry in the winner's circle after Saturday's Preakness, but the lines in front of the tellers' windows at Pimlico Race Course were abuzz with fans shouting in excitement about their winning tickets.Rick Digrigoli, of...

Maryland is still mum on the apparent hiring of Mike Locksley as Randy Edsall's new offensive coordinator.
The names I heard Wednesday when word got out that Gary Crowton was the first coaching casualty of Maryland's 2-10 debacle were...

Randy Edsall has done the future before. This time, it was about his past.
The architect of the modern UConn football program, Edsall was introduced Monday as the 34th head coach at Maryland, calling the opportunity to work at the school a "dream...

Randy Edsall met with the UConn football team in the locker room after the 48-20 Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma Saturday night, asking if anyone wanted to speak. The captains addressed the team, and running back Jordan Todman announced he was leaving the...